Student test scores tick upward in Florida

TAMPA — Statewide scores on the Florida Standards Assessment showed modest gains this year, the Florida Department of Education said Friday as it released a large batch of results.

Closer to home, there were gains and losses in the Tampa Bay area. Pinellas math scores were up. Hillsborough students dropped a bit in English. And Pasco students scored lower in both math and English compared with 2015, the first year the revised system was in use…